Special flight

Each year, thousands of men and women in Switzerland are imprisoned without trial or sentence. Simply because they stay in the country illegally, they may be deprived of liberty for up to eighteen months before being deported. This "life and death" relationship, as unfortunately evidenced by the film's most dramatic episode, ends mostly in distress and humiliation. Crushed by the law and its relentless administrative spiral, those who refuse to leave voluntarily are handcuffed, tied up, forced into wearing helmets and diapers and then forcibly put on a plane. In this extreme situation, despair has a name: special flight.